Ambrose (Gwinnett) Bierce, 1842-1914
was an US author and satirist
SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.
( “The Devil's Dictionary”, 1906 )